expat: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service — WID-SEC-2026-2718

Summary

Expat ist ein XML Parser, der in der Programmiersprache-C geschrieben ist.

Timeline

Published by source

2026-08-10

Last source activity

2026-08-24

Time from publication to latest source activity

14 days

Risk context

• Reported severity or threat level: medium.

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Review exposure and plan remediation based on risk and environment.
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

• Read the official source
• CVE Record
• NVD

Evidence and provenance

Canonical advisory ID

WID-SEC-2026-2718

Source

BSI

Published by source

2026-08-10

Last source activity

2026-08-24

Additional identifiers

CVE-2026-72522

Curated by

hlukh.ch

Related advisories and connections

These advisories are connected by shared CVE, product, vendor, source, or time signals.